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Pezhman

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[SOLVED]How to remove unneccesery packages

Hello everyone
I recentrly switched to archlinux from ubuntu

I've heard that archlinux is lightweight but now after installing my applications I have 938 packages(is it a lot or not?)
How to remove junk and speed up my system

In used to use sudo apt autoremove but I do not know how to do this in pacman.
generally how to free up space

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ishaanbhimwal

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Re: [SOLVED]How to remove unneccesery packages

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta

Hello everyone
In used to use sudo apt autoremove but I do not know how to do this in pacman.
generally how to free up space

sudo pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qtdq)  

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graysky

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Re: [SOLVED]How to remove unneccesery packages

alias orphans='[[ -n $(pacman -Qdt) ]] && sudo pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qdtq) || echo "no orphans to remove"'

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Pezhman

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Re: [SOLVED]How to remove unneccesery packages

Thank you so much
with this alias I removed 18 packages and now I have 910 packages
Is this enough or I should try to remove more packages??
910 packages are a lot??

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED]How to remove unneccesery packages

I've heard that archlinux is lightweight

Whoever told you that is either lying or ignorant.

How to remove junk and speed up my system

Having a large number of packages installed will not necessarily slow down your system.

Read https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Improving_performance and follow the advice given therein.

910 packages are a lot?

Well it's more than my system but why is that important? If you actually have a use for those packages then removing them just to get the numbers down seems a bit silly.

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loqs

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Re: [SOLVED]How to remove unneccesery packages

I've heard that archlinux is lightweight

Whoever told you that is either lying or ignorant.

https://archlinux.org/

A simple, lightweight distribution

Sorry,  could not resist.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED]How to remove unneccesery packages

^ Lol. Can I submit a bug report for that?

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Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED]How to remove unneccesery packages

Arch is what you make of it. It can be somewhat lightweight because you start from almost nothing, but without the massive package splitting of other distros, it's hard to call it lightweight.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED]How to remove unneccesery packages

Hey, the firmware just got split - ~500MB weight loss is more than most other people manage in the NY resolutions…

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Pezhman

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Re: [SOLVED]How to remove unneccesery packages

Thanks everyone
Thank you "Head_on_a_Stick" for archwiki link
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cowlick

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Re: [SOLVED]How to remove unneccesery packages

I like to use bleachbit at least once a week.

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ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED]How to remove unneccesery packages

I like to use bleachbit at least once a week.

Hillary? 

In any event, not sure how that helps with the question at hand.  Closing this solved thread.

Pezhman, if you would like it re-opened in the future, use the report link ans ask the moderators to do so.

Thanks.

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